Avispa Fukuoka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Avispa Fukuoka

90'+2': Sani Brown

FT
1 - 2

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

17': Valère Germain
86': Satoshi Tanaka

About

Avispa Fukuoka are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Best Denki Stadium, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

17': Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 17'
45': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 45'
62': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 62'
62': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 62'
70': Shahab Zahedi (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 70'
71': Yuto Iwasaki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 71'
71': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 71'
78': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
86': Satoshi Tanaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 86'
87': Sani Brown (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 87'
90'+2': Sani Brown (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal at 92'

Statistics

SAN		AVF
8	Fouls	7
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	4
6	Saves	3
60.1	Possession	39.9
17	SHOTS	20
5	ON GOAL	8
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
5	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Best Denki Stadium
Location: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
Attendance: 11,472

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+13	16
2	Vissel Kobe	6	+5	13
3	Kashima Antlers	6	+2	12
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	+2	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Avispa Fukuoka (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
24	Yuma Obata (GK)
3	Tatsuki Nara
20	Tomoya Ando
37	Masaya Tashiro
11	Tomoya Miki
88	Daiki Matsuoka
47	Yu Hashimoto
2	Masato Yuzawa
13	Nassim Ben Khalifa
14	Shintaro Nago
8	Kazuya Konno

Avispa Fukuoka Substitutes:

Sani Brown, Shahab Zahedi, Itsuki Oda, Kazuaki Suganuma, Masaaki Murakami, Takumi Nagaishi, Yuto Iwasaki, Hikaru Maeda, Kim Moon-Hyeon.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
3	Taichi Yamasaki
37	Kim Ju-Sung
19	Sho Sasaki
35	Yotaro Nakajima
14	Satoshi Tanaka
18	Daiki Suga
13	Naoto Arai
98	Valère Germain
51	Mutsuki Kato
41	Naoki Maeda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Jeong Min-Ki, Tsukasa Shiotani, Sota Koshimichi, Marcos Júnior, Shuto Nakano, Kosuke Kinoshita, Hayato Araki, Shunki Higashi, Tolgay Arslan.

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